Zion National Park Other Trips
Saturday started bright and early.We carpooled up to the trailhead.The first part of the hike was uneventful except that we followed the wrong trail. We ended up at the edge of a very long and very steep cliff.A couple of the guys rappelled down a ways to see if it was passable. It wasn't, so we backtracked and found the right trail.Highlights are:We passed a couple of slow groups that were "hard...
This trip starts with a nice easy walk up the very secnic Upper Pine Creek Drainage. Near the top of the drainage you must climb out up a very steep slickrock exit ramp. Once you get to the top of that catch your breath because you are going to continue climbing to the top of another very steep slickrock bench. Look for a nice panel of petroglyphs on flat smooth cliff face...
Keyhole Canyon in Zion National Park
Zion National Park, Utah, United States
Canyoneering | 0.9 miles
Canyoneering | 0.9 miles
Friday Zac, Tara, and I did Keyhole Canyon. It was supposed to take 1-2 hours, but we did it in 3.5. It was a lot of fun and involved a few rappels and a lot of very freezing cold water.A couple highlights from this hike:At the start of the second canyon, there is a rappel down into a pool of water. Zac went first and tried to kick off the wall and...
The Subway, according to the Backcountry desk, is the second most popular canyon in Zion National Park. Only 20 walk in permits are available on a daily basis for entrance into the canyon on the following day. I felt lucky that even our small group of 5 were able to obtain enough permits for all of us to go. With the days growing shorter we decided to arrive early at the Left...
